Civil Defense Districts are different from mock drill administrative districts yesterday amidst tension with Pakistan
The Ministry of Home Affairs released a list of districts with mock drills on Tuesday. Among them, districts have been divided on the basis of state -wise sensitivity. A total of 244 Civil Defense Districts in 25 states of the country have been kept between category-1 to 3.
In fact, the Ministry of Home Affairs have created 259 Civil Defense Districts in a total of 35 states and Center -ruled regions of the country. It is not necessary that these Civil Defense Districts should be the general administical district. As –
A total of 19 civil defense districts have been created in Uttar Pradesh. These include administrative districts like Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, and areas like Bakshi-Ka-P-P-Pore, Sarwasa which are in Lucknow and Saharanpur. Air Force Station is present here.
A total of 259 Civil Defense Districts divided into 3 categories
A total of 259 Civil Defense Districts are divided into 3 categories on the basis of their import or sensitiveness.
Category 1 is the district who is the most sensitive. There are a total of 13 such districts. For example, there is only 1 District- Bulandshahr category 1 in Uttar Pradesh as Narora Nuclear Plant is present here.
Similarly, there are 201 in category 2 while in category 3 has 45 districts.
Keep the Ministry of Home Affairs Guidelines, Medical Kit and Flashing Cash with you
According to sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs, citizens will also be instructed to keep medical kits, ration, flashlight and candles on their homes. Apart from this, keep cash with you, because mobile and digital transactions can fail in emergency.
